2017-11-10T05:47:34ZNumerical modal analysis of vibrations in a three-phase linear switched reluctance actuatorhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/5721
Título: Numerical modal analysis of vibrations in a three-phase linear switched reluctance actuator
Autor: Salvado, José; Calado, Maria do Rosário; Espiríto Santo, António; Guerman, Anna
Resumo: This paper addresses the problem of vibrations produced by switched reluctance actuators, focusing on the linear configuration of this type of machines, aiming at its characterization regarding the structural vibrations. The complexity of the mechanical system and the number of parts used put serious restrictions on the effectiveness of analytical approaches. We build the 3D model of the actuator and use finite element method (FEM) to find its natural frequencies. The focus is on frequencies within the range up to
nearly 1.2 kHz which is considered relevant, based on preliminary simulations and experiments. Spectral analysis results of audio
signals from experimental modal excitation are also shown and discussed. The obtained data support the characterization of the
linear actuator regarding the excited modes, its vibration frequencies, and mode shapes, with high potential of excitation due to the regular operation regimes of the machine. The results reveal abundant modes and harmonics and the symmetry characteristics of the actuator, showing that the vibration modes can be excited for different configurations of the actuator. The identification of the most critical modes is of great significance for the actuator’s control strategies. This analysis also provides significant information to adopt solutions to reduce the vibrations at the design.2017-04-18T00:00:00ZComputational intelligence applied to discriminate bee pollen quality and botanical originhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/5715
Título: Computational intelligence applied to discriminate bee pollen quality and botanical origin
Autor: Gonçalves, P.J.S.; Estevinho, L.M.; Pereira, A.P.; Sousa, J.M.C.; Anjos, O.
Resumo: The aim of this work was to develop computational intelligence models based on neural networks (NN), fuzzy models (FM), and support vector machines (SVM) to predict physicochemical composition of bee pollen mixture given their botanical origin. To obtain the predominant plant genus of pollen (was the output variable), based on physicochemical composition (were the input variables of the predictive model), prediction models were learned from data. For the inverse case study, input/output variables were swapped. The probabilistic NN prediction model obtained 98.4% of correct classification of the predominant plant genus of pollen. To obtain the secondary and tertiary plant genus of pollen, the results present a lower accuracy. To predict the physicochemical characteristic of a mixture of bee pollen, given their botanical origin, fuzzy models proven the best results with small prediction errors, and variability lower than 10%.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZEstudo empírico do desempenho dos modelos de gestão de filas FIFO, WFQ e CBWFQ em sistemas reaishttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/5706
Título: Estudo empírico do desempenho dos modelos de gestão de filas FIFO, WFQ e CBWFQ em sistemas reais
Autor: Sousa, Celso; Fonte, Alexandre
Resumo: As aplicações multimédia (e.g., voz ou vídeo) exigem às redes IP um serviço de comunicação com baixa latência, baixas taxas de perdas de pacotes, e requisitos mínimos de largura de banda. Diferentes arquiteturas de Qualidade de Serviço (QoS) foram propostas e desenvolvidas por dois grupos do IETF, o modelo IntServ e o modelo, um pouco mais recente, DiffServ. Os fabricantes de equipamento de rede adotaram as suas próprias implementações destes modelos nos seus equipamentos de encaminhamento IP ou de comutação multicamada, para além do modelo Best-Effort. Neste trabalho, pretende-se avaliar a eficácia da implementação DiffServ realizada por um dos principais fornecedores de equipamento de rede. Para tal, implementou-se uma rede piloto e realizou-se um conjunto de testes de avaliação utilizando os principais modelos de gestão de filas (FIFO, WFQ, e CBWFQ) existentes nestes dispositivos, considerando a rede com diferentes configurações e níveis de cargas de tráfego. Na avaliação, comparou-se os resultados das taxas de perda de pacotes e de latência experimentados pelos fluxos de tráfego de Vídeo e Áudio em tempo real.
A motivação deste trabalho teve origem numa discussão sobre a eficácia do Diffserv em ambiente de simulação vs Diffserv em ambiente real.2017-10-01T00:00:00ZMultiview real-time media distribution for next generation networkshttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/5686
Título: Multiview real-time media distribution for next generation networks
Autor: Marques, Hugo; Silva, Hélio; Logota, Evariste; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Vahid, Seiamak; Tafazolli, Rahim
Resumo: With the massive deployment of broadband access to the end-users, the continuous improvement of the hardware capabilities of end devices and better video compression techniques, acceptable conditions have been met to unleash over-the-top bandwidth demanding and time-stringent P2P applications, such as multiview real-time media distribution. Such applications enable the transmission of multiple views of the same scene, providing consumers with a more immersive visual experience. This article proposes an architecture to distribute multiview real-time media content using a hybrid DVB-T2, client-server and P2P paradigms, supported by an also novel QoS solution. The approach minimizes packet delay, interar- rival jitter, inter-ISP traffic and traffic at the ISP core network, which are some of the main drawbacks of P2P networks, whilst still meeting stringent QoS demands. The proposed architecture uses DVB-T2 to distribute a self-contained and fully decodable base-layer video signal, assumed to be always available to the end-user, and an IP network to distribute in parallel - with increased delay - additional IP video streams. The result is a decoded video quality that adapts to individual end-user conditions and maxi- mizes viewing experience. To achieve its target goal this architecture: defines new services for the ISP’s services network and new roles for the ISP core, edge and border routers; makes use of pure IP mul- ticast transmission at the ISP’s core network, greatly minimizing bandwidth consumption; constructs a geographically contained P2P network that uses P2P application-level multicast trees to assist the dis- tribution of the IP video streams at the ISP access networks, greatly reducing inter-ISP traffic, and; de- scribes a novel QoS control architecture that takes advantage of the Internet resource over-provisioning techniques to meet stringent QoS demands in a scalable manner. The proposed architecture has been im- plemented in both real test bed implementation and ns-2 simulations. Results have shown a highly scal- able P2P overlay construction algorithm, with very fast computation of application-level multicast trees (in the order of milliseconds), and efficient reaction to peer-churn with no perceptually annoying impair- ments noticed. Furthermore, enormous bandwidth savings are achieved at the ISP core network, which considerable lower management and investment costs in infrastructure. The QoS based results have also shown that the proposed approach effectively deploys a fast and scalable resource and admission control mechanism, considerably lowering signalling events using a per-class over-provisioning approach thus preventing per-flow QoS reservation signalling messages. Moreover, it is aware of network link resources in real-time and supports for service differentiation and network convergence by guaranteeing that each admitted traffic flow receives the contracted QoS. Finally, the proposed architecture for Multiview Real- Time Media Distribution for Next Generation Networks, as a component for a large project demonstrator, has been evaluated by an independent panel of experts following ITU recommendations, obtaining an excellent evaluation as computed by Mean Opinion Score.2017-01-01T00:00:00Z